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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Obama Preparing Martial Law?

Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sat, 06/15/2013 - 02:38

Climate Destabilization Crisis of Capitalism

The Guardian on June 14 makes note changes to a regulation
in the US Code titled "Defense Support of Civilian Law Enforcement
Agencies" published last month in the Federal Register:

A Federal military commander's authority, in extraordinary
emergency circumstances where prior authorization by the President is
impossible and duly constituted local authorities are unable to control the
situation, to engage temporarily in activities that are necessary to quell
large-scale, unexpected civil disturbances...

The Guardian seems to have picked it up from Long Island
Press of May 14. It has received virtually no other stateside coverage. The
Guardian connects a few dots to provide context for the ominous passage:

In 2006, the US
National Security Strategy warned that:

"Environmental destruction, whether caused by human
behavior or cataclysmic mega-disasters such as floods, hurricanes, earthquakes,
or tsunamis. Problems of this scope may overwhelm the capacity of local
authorities to respond, and may even overtax national militaries, requiring a
larger international response."

Two years later, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Army Modernization
Strategy described the arrival of a new "era of persistent conflict"
due to competition for "depleting natural resources and overseas
markets" fueling "future resource wars over water, food and
energy." The report predicted a resurgence of:

"…
anti-government and radical ideologies that potentially threaten government
stability."

In the same year, a report by the US Army's Strategic
Studies Institute warned that a series
of domestic crises could provoke large-scale civil unrest. The path to
"disruptive domestic shock" could include traditional threats such as
deployment of WMDs, alongside "catastrophic natural and human disasters"
or "pervasive public health emergencies" coinciding with "unforeseen economic collapse."
Such crises could lead to "loss of functioning political and legal
order" leading to “purposeful domestic resistance or insurgency…

That year, the
Pentagon had begun developing a 20,000 strong troop force who would be on-hand
to respond to "domestic catastrophes" and civil unrest—the
program was reportedly based on a 2005 homeland security strategy which emphasized
"preparing for multiple,
simultaneous mass casualty incidents."

The following year, a
US Army-funded RAND Corp study called for a US force presence specifically to
deal with civil unrest.

Such fears were further solidified in a detailed 2010 study
by the US Joint Forces Command—designed to inform "joint concept
development and experimentation throughout the Department of
Defense"—setting out the US military’s definitive vision for future trends
and potential global threats. Climate change, the study said, would lead to
increased risk of:

"… tsunamis, typhoons, hurricanes, tornadoes,
earthquakes and other natural catastrophes… Furthermore, if such a catastrophe
occurs within the United States itself—particularly
when the nation's economy is in a fragile state or where US military bases
or key civilian infrastructure are broadly affected—the damage to US security
could be considerable."

The study also warned
of a possible shortfall in global oil output by 2015:

"A severe energy
crunch is inevitable without a massive expansion of production and refining
capacity. While it is difficult to predict precisely what economic, political,
and strategic effects such a shortfall might produce, it surely would reduce
the prospects for growth in both the developing and developed worlds. Such an
economic slowdown would exacerbate other unresolved tensions."

That year the DoD's Quadrennial Defense Review seconded such
concerns, while recognizing that "climate change, energy security, and
economic stability are inextricably linked."

Also in 2010, the
Pentagon ran war games to explore the implications of "large scale
economic breakdown" in the US impacting on food supplies and other
essential services, as well as how to maintain "domestic order amid civil
unrest."

Speaking about the group's conclusions at giant US defense
contractor Booz Allen Hamilton's conference facility in Virginia, Lt Col. Mark
Elfendahl—then chief of the Joint and Army Concepts Division—highlighted homeland operations as a way to
legitimize the US military budget:

"An increased focus on domestic activities might be a way of
justifying whatever Army force structure the country can still afford."